Ryan McBroom

Ryan P. McBroom (born April 9, 1992) is an American first baseman for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Ryan McBroom
McBroom with the Toronto Blue Jays
Kansas City Royals – No. 9
First baseman / Outfielder
Born: (1992-04-09) April 9, 1992
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Bats: Right Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 3, 2019, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.269
Home runs6
Runs batted in16
Teams

Career

He attended Holy Cross Academy in Fredericksburg, Virginia during his formative years of elementary and middle school. He attended Courtland High School in Spotsylvania County, Virginia,[1] and later West Virginia University.[2]

The Kansas City Royals selected McBroom in the 36th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign and returned to finish college.[3]

Toronto Blue Jays

He was then drafted in the 15th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, and was assigned to the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. In 70 games, McBroom batted .297 with 11 home runs and 59 RBI.[2] His 11 home runs tied for the league lead.[4] McBroom began the 2015 season with the Lansing Lugnuts. On June 5, he was named a Midwest League midseason All-Star. At that time, McBroom was batting .307 with 16 doubles.[5] On August 24, McBroom was named the 2015 Midwest League MVP, becoming the third Blue Jays prospect to win the award after Kevin Pillar and Brian Dopirak.[6] McBroom played in 127 games in 2015 for Lansing, and batted .315 with 12 home runs and 90 RBIs.[2] He was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season.[7] McBroom played in 119 games for Dunedin in 2016, as well as nine games with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He would bat a combined .266 with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs.[2] After the 2016 season, the Blue Jays assigned McBroom to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.[8] He appeared in seven games for the Sox before being removed from the roster due to injury.[9] He began 2017 with New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

New York Yankees

On July 23, 2017, McBroom was traded to the New York Yankees for Rob Refsnyder.[10] The Yankees assigned him to the Trenton Thunder, where he spent the remainder of the 2017 season. In 134 total games between the two teams, he batted a combined .247 with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs.[11] He split the 2018 season between Trenton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, hitting a combined .302/.348/.458/.806 with 15 home runs and 60 RBI. He returned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2019.[12]

Kansas City Royals

On August 31, 2019, McBroom was traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for international bonus pool allotments and cash considerations or a PTBNL.[13]

On September 3, 2019, the Royals selected McBroom's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[14] He made his debut that night versus the Detroit Tigers, recording his first major league hit off Daniel Norris.[15] He hit .293 in 23 games for the Royals.

McBroom hit his first career home run on July 31, 2020.[16] In total McBroom hit .247 with 6 home runs in 2020.

References
  1. "Ryan McBroom Profile – WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. "Ryan McBroom Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  3. Tucker, Cam (July 23, 2014). "Blue Jays prospect Ryan McBroom is lowering the boom for Vancouver Canadians". metronews.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  4. Welch, Matt (February 5, 2015). "Ryan McBroom biding his time while working on his game". wvupros.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  5. Goldberg-Strassler, Jesse (June 5, 2015). "Four Lugs named Midwest League All-Stars". milb.com. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  6. Goldberg-Strassler, Jesse (August 24, 2015). "Lugnuts' McBroom named Midwest League MVP". milb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  7. Rosenbaum, Mike (April 7, 2016). "Where the Blue Jays' Top 30 prospects are starting the season". MLB.com. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  8. "2016 Arizona Fall League Rosters". baseballamerica.com. August 31, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  9. Holmyard, Braydon (November 21, 2016). "Arizona Fall League wrap: Alford among top Blue Jays performers". Sportsnet. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  10. "Blue Jays acquire Refsnyder from Yankees for minor-leaguer McBroom". Sportsnet. July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  11. "Ryan McBroom Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  12. Journal Reports (August 26, 2019). "McBroom powers SWB past Pawtucket". Providence Journal. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  13. Derek Martin (August 26, 2019). "Royals trade for Yankees 1B McBroom". KMA (960 AM). Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  14. Sam Coniglio (September 3, 2019). "WVU alum McBroom gets called up to Kansas City Royals". wvillustrated.com. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  15. "Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals Box Score, September 3, 2019". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  16. Nespor, Cody (2020-08-01). "McBroom Goes McBoom for First Major League Home Run". WV Sports Now. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
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